Category: Cardiopulmonary & Thoracic

Cardiopulmonary & Thoracic

US Facing Shortage of Thoracic Surgeons

A national analysis warns that surgeon supply will fall short of patient demand, with thoracic surgery and rural healthcare delivery facing steep deficits.

Cardiopulmonary & Thoracic

Lung Cancer Patients Have Higher Levels of Microplastics in Lungs

Patients diagnosed with lung cancer demonstrated a higher prevalence and greater total burden of microplastics in their lungs compared to individuals without cancer.

Cardiopulmonary & Thoracic

Invenio Imaging Completes Enrollment for Ai Lung Cancer Biopsy Study

The multicenter study will evaluate an artificial intelligence module designed for rapid tissue assessment during bronchoscopic procedures.

Pulmonary Hypertension

Positive Data for Inhaled Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treatment

Once-daily treprostinil palmitil inhalation powder improved exercise capacity and reduced mortality risk for pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Pulmonary Embolism

Ai Matches Radiologists in Detecting Pulmonary Embolism

A study of more than 32,000 CTPA scans found that artificial intelligence and physicians agreed on pulmonary embolism results nearly 98% of the time, though human review caught cases the software missed.

Thoracic Surgery

Retransplanted Lungs Used in CF Quadruple Organ Transplant

Surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital successfully transplanted a second set of lungs, a liver, and a kidney into a patient with cystic fibrosis and chronic organ rejection.

Lung Cancer

FDA Approves Zidesamtinib for Specific Type of Lung Cancer

Zidesamtinib (Jideytro) is approved for patients with ROS1-positive non-small cell lung cancer who have previously received targeted therapy.